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The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-07-24

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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-10-08
THE STOCK-RANCH
Selecting Feifers.

Raising heifers sounds well in theory,
but breeding cattle is a separate art from
dairying, and unless followed with great
Judgment is a losing business, as not every
heifer raised becomes a first-class mich
cow. The best plan is to buy heifers heavy
with their first calves-called "springers;"
and in this there is much more room for
Judgment and skill in making these selec-
tons than most men are willing to admit
The mistake usually made is in being mis-
led by fancy for certain shapes, colors,
and fashionable points, to the neglect of
others relating Immediately to the useful
ness of the matured COW. The first point
to consider is that the heifer is strong, with
a deep flank, indicating constitutional
vigor; then see that her teats are large and
set wide apart. Viewed from behind the
twist should be open and wide, with her
rudimentary udder well displayed and teats
far apart. AS secondary and fancy points,
a slim neck and long head with small horns
are good features. Above all things, avoid
those heifers that show very small rudi-
mentary teats, or those with large ones set
close together. Such heifer never can
make a first class COW. There are enough
risks to run before securing a good one,
without starting out with those that never
can improve. Even the best of pedigtees
cannot make coed COW out of a helfer
with a deformed udder. Those who have
studied Guenon's method. while they do
not rely upon 1t to the exclusion OF other
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-10-08
The Stable Cure.
From the Boston Post.


| was not a little startled yesterday
at meeting on the street in the best OF
health apparently an old acquaint.
ance whom / had supposed to be fill
ing consumptlve's grave long ere
this. The last time that | heard OF
him Was about g. year ago, and then
he had been given up by the doctors
as q hopeless case. | congratulated
him on his recovery, but | must con-
TESS that my liveliest emotion in re-
gard to him was one OF curiosity. in
answer to my inquiries he told me that
when the medical men had exhausted
their resources he determined to put
in practice q plan Of his own. Accord
ingly he journeyed by easy stages to
the Blue Mountain region OF Virginia,
where he established himself in farm,
house and bought a morse. He
spent the whole day in the open
air, taking care OF the steed him
self, and riding him about the
reighborhood. At first, he told me,
his weakness was such that he could
not stay in the saddle more than fiji.
teen or twenty minutes at q time, and
be had to pull up very soon il the
horse broke into q trot. Every day,
however, he became q little stronger,
and in q couple OF months he was
able to ride ten or twenty miles on q
stretch with very little fatigue. He
attributed his recovery in part to the
fact that he not only rode but groom
ed his horse and busted himself an
hour or two in the stable every day.
In this opinion he confirmed what 1
remember hearing an old physician
say years and years ago, namely, that
a ''horse barn." as he called it, is one
of the healthiest places In the world.
For those who love horses the stable
cure would be such q pleasant one
that q physician who prescribed 1T
might be sure that his directions
would be followed to the letter.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-10-08
The 'Trampling of the Dervisbes. F"

The ceremony of the Dosah, which
has been one OF the greatest religious
festivals OF Egypt, dates back two
centuries. The name given it means
the "Irampling of the Dervishes. :"
| and the entire proceedings were car
ried out upon the theory that no true
| dervish can suffer bodily hurt under
any torture enjoined by his religion.
The author OF Court Life in Egypt"
gives the following account Of the cere-
mony at Cairo, where it formed a part
OF the celebration of the prophets
| birthday:
"a confused murmur arose ,anncunc-
ing that the procession of dervishes
WAS coming. A few moments more.
and one saw In the distance a line of
banners moving forward, their red
and green pennons embroidered with
texts from the Koran.
As the dervishes entered the course
prepared for them, the foremost
broke into Il run, or rather staggered
and plunged along. their bodies sway
ing, their eyes rolling, their mouths
foaming like madmen.
Many could not stand without help:
Others, with frantic violence, were
crushing vile serpents in their hands.
or tearing them to pieces with their
teeth. and deyOuring them ravenous-
~; some were eating glass and fire;
some were thrusting spikes of steel
through their cheeks and arms; some
were wildly beating tom-toms or
shaking rattles. All seemed wrought
up to Il mad frenzy OF religious excite
ment, aided by hashish, all were liter
ally raVlng, roaring and crashing their
teeth.
A signal was given, aud they fell vio-
lentIy down upon their faces. Now
came their officers. and packed them
all close together, side by side, as
they lay at Iull length, leaving no
space between the bodies.
When the line had been finally ar
ranged, the horse carrying the sheikh
OF all the dervisnes started. On he
came over the broad pave
ment of flesh, the man who
guided him keeping him carefully
off the neck ana legs. | saw the
dreadful yielding of bodies, So thigh
or ribs, spine or shoulder, felt the
crushing weight of the hoofs, and
caught the writing of the poor tor
tured forms.
The horse moved OF. managing the
bodies beneath his feet. For a mo
ment after he passed, the dervishes
lay still; all bore the first shock in
silence, for this is proof OF their
faith. But after an instant's pause,
all rose or tried to rise. Some were
unhurt and Jumped up pell-meli; 9TH
ers, as they tried to move, shrieked
and fell back faintlng.
Friends and comrades crowded
round, and hurried the victims off
the scene. The wounded were sem
away from Cairo, and the dead buried
secretly. No one ever knows the
number OF either, lest it should be
said that the prophets miracle was
not accomplished. Accordingly, the
natives believe that no one ever is
hurt. TO the great satisfaction OF
all the enlightened inhabitants OF
Egypt, the Khedive has since forbid
den the ceremony.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-10-08
points, find it great aid, and feel that they
| cannot ignore the escutcheon.- American
A0riculturisf
Height and Potcer.


AgricaEturist.
Height and Potcer.
The National Lire Stock journal thinks
1t possible to rear class of horses in
weight between the 800 and the cumbrous
| 800 pound sorts that, with care in selec-
tons for coupling, will perhaps be as
handy upon the road as the lighter kind
and far more useful. Some mares having
weight of ], 1850 pounds are thought by
many farmers to afford avery good founda-
ton to build upon by using heavy stations.
The practice now and then works fairly
we'll, yet the plan is not by any means the
best one to follow.
Our contemporary holds that "there is
greater difference in the ease with which a
horse of / $50 pounds as compared TO one
of 1850 pounds weight will move given
load than the added hundred pounds might
lead US to expect If not more than ten
pounds of this be in the bony frame alone
it would add materially to the size of the
bones, and this added size may be quite
regularly observed when We compare the
limbs of horse of the lighter weight given
with the other having more substance. SO,
In each addition of a hundred pounds, IL
mainly outside of the paunch and internal
ylscera, there Is greater surface for Joint
bearings, greater bone surface for attach
ment of muscles, and proportionately
larger muscles for carrying on the work,
saying nothing of the added weight which
TIE horse is enabled to throw into the
colla.. and, though this is not great, yet
every hundred pounds put forwar6 in that
way forms no mean factor in effectiveness
at draught. Hence to the man who has
any desire to better his condition SO far as
his horse stock is concerned it will be well
for him to bear in mind that his light mares
are not heavy enough for his use, and he
should dispose of them to the best advan-
tage before the breeding season COM
menees, getting more weight, with as much
style and finish as can be obtained. What
signifies it if such team costs him 500
more than the one on hand? The sum
named, or twice that, will come back to
him in the first pair of colts"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-10-08
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.
, Budget of Useful Information Upon
Household and Agricultural
Topics.
Matters of Interest Relating to Farm,
Orchard, Stable, Parl0r, and
Kitchen.
THE FARM.
Collars for Errnt Horses.

/ have seen more sore shoulders among
horses during the thirty months l have
been IN the Territory, writes "A correspond
ent of the North Dakota Times, than / ever
saw in England i'll nearly as many years.
The question arises, what is the causep
Some attribute it to the water, which is
for the most part hard and contains great
deal of alkaline matter which may per-
haps affect the skin and blood. he dust,
TOO, is very fine and is constantly rising
and settling on the skin, producing irrita-
ton of the parts where the pressure comes.
| am willing to admit most of these rea-
sons, but consider great deal OF the
trouble Is attached to the collars, which
are, as rule, too light for the draft which
is put on them. The English style of
collar for heavy draft is not leather-faced
next to the horse, but the facing used Is
manufactured expressly, and Is kind of
rough cloth, the stulhng consisting OF
"woolen waste" or "shoddy." This forms
a softer paddinGrto meet the horses shout.
der. sweat pad supplies the place or
this sort of collar, some may say, but my
experience OF weat-pads is that they
generally cause horse to sweat consider
ably and do not absorb ii so readily as
cloth or frieZe does. | have not seen any
collars so stuffed and faced in my lmmedl-
ate part of the Territory, and should be
glad to learn whether there is a firm of
harness makers who turn out collars on
the plan | mention. 1t is true that these
collars will not ast-that is, the facing
and stuifing-as long as leather or straw
do; but any harness. maker can stitch on
fresh freize and fill up with stutfing. The
less one puts around a horses neck the
less 1t will sweat, and excessive sweating
tends to weaken the skin. 4 horse whose
blood is bad and out of sorts, every one
knows, will rub sore quicker than one in
health. l think heavier, better faced
collar Is naa1e1
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-10-08

1t is useful r-ocaution for the tourist, the
commercial traveller, or the emigrant TO the
West. to take along Hostetter's Stomach cutters.
Invslids who travel by steamboat or rail shoula
provide themselves with it, in order to prevent
or remedy the nausea which the Earring ana vi
bration of vehicles IN trdHsitu often causes
them. Vastly preferable is it for this slflpie'
but needful purpose, to the heady unmedlcated
stimulants of commerce. On board ship, 1t not
only remedies ses-sickpess, but neutralizes tho
pernicious effects of water slightly brackish,
which, if unqualified is apt to give rise to ir-
regularities of the bowels cramps in the alb
d0minal region and dyspepsia. To the aerial
poison OF malaria it is an efficient antidote
Sick headache, heartburn, and wind upon the
stomach, promptly bnnished by it, 1t
BEAUTIFULLY stimulates the kidneys and bladder,
and nullifies the early sym ptoms OF rheumatism
IT is feared that many persons have
persisted in the forest fires in Oregon.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-10-08
The Correct Time.

There are very few men who do not pride
themselves on always having the correct
time; and wonderful and delicate mechan-
isns are devised to enable them to do so.
But the more delicate a chronometer Is
made the more subject it becomes to de
rangement and unless it be kept always
perfectly clean it soon loses its usefulness.
What wonder. then, that the human ma
chinese much more delicate and intricate
than any work of man-should require to
be kept thoroughly cleansed. The liver Is
the handspring of this complex structure,
and on the impurities left in the blood by
disordered liver, depend most of the ills
that flesh IS heir to. Even consumption
(Which Is lung -scrofula), is traceable TO the
imperfect action OF this organ. Kidney dis
eases. skin diseases, sick headache, heart
disease, dropsy, and a long catalogue OF
grave 1ualadies have their origin in torpid
or sluggish liver. DIR. Pierce's Golden Med
zeal Discovery, by establishing healthy,
normal action OF the liver, acts as a cure and
preventive OF these diseases.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-10-08
select Crops for PROFIT.


1t is a frst-rate plan to decide ahead
what kind of crops you will raise the
next year, what varieties you will select,
and TIE fields on the farm that each variety
will be sure.
In deciding what to plant select a variety
and use Your best Judgment 10 select crops
that are best suited to your soil and your
section. Then, too, it is a safe plan to
plant crops that You know best how to
plant, cultivate, harvest, and market.
1t is hardly a safe plan to plant large
acreage of something you do not know
how to manage to secure the best results.
Because some one III your neighborhood
has made q success of one variety of crops
because his soil was alapted for it, and he
understood how 10 manage the soil and
the crop so as to secure the best results, is
hardly n sufficient reason why if you at
tempted the same crop you would meet
with the same result. If you want to
make change do so gradually. Expert
ment to some extent, and see what crops
succeed best on your soil. If it is some
thing you have not been IN the habit of
raising, commence with a small acreage at
first until you learn the most profitable
way of managing the crops of your soil.
l never believed in very much changing
about from one thing to another. The
best success is nearly always attained by
raising very nearly the same crops every
year, planning out a regular system of
rotation and following it up, increasing or
decreasing the acreage of the different
kinds as circumstances would best indi-
cate 10 be the most profitable.
If you think you can make more money,
and at the same time keep up the farm as
it should be, make the change gradually,
so that before it is too late you can know
to certainty whether the change is advis-
able or not.
Some crops, in order to secure the most
profit, require a special kind of soil, and
different cultivation than others. Much of
this can only be learned by experience. So
that it will prove much better in the end to
try new crops on a small scale first.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-10-08
4 hetc .IppIe Pest.

AS long ago as 1872, writes Prof. Riley,
l found the larvae of a little flea beetle
known as Hattica puctipennjs in Missouri,
feeding upon hawthorn. In 1877 | found
1t again In Colorado, but the species has
never been considered injurious until the
present year. This spring, however, it
has appeared IN great numbers in the vi
entity OF Dallas, Tex, and Gainesville,
lex. Mr.. j. II. Johnson, of Dallas, writes
that they appeared in great numbers about
the first week IL May, and that within two
or three days thereafter they had destroyed
his entire lot of apple and pear CRAFTS.
They then removed to his ! and 2-year-
old apple trees. Mr.. Johnson had never
been troubled with them before, although
he remembers to have seen them in linn
tied numbers in 1888 upon his young APP
pies. The habits and general appearance
OF this new apple pest are quite similar to
those of the grapevine flea beetle III.
Chdty6ed). The larva is rather slender,
dark yellow brown in color, with darker
head, and prothoracic shield, and each
segment bears four transverse dorsal
warts. The legs are black, and project
out at the sides of the thorax. The adult
beetle is shining green rather than steel
blue, and is distinguished from the grape
vine flea beetle by its smaller size, and by
the numerous minute impressed dots on its
thorax and wing covers. This insect, al
though exciting considerable alarm, will
easily lie subdued by arsenical peisons, the
se of which is well understood in Texas.
MIR. Johnson has already applied paris
green in its dry form with good results.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-10-08

No doubt can be entertained about the
value and genuineness of Prof Loisette
Memory System, as it is so strongly recon-
mended by Mark Twain, Mr. Proctor Hons.
". w. Aston, Judah r. Benjamin. Dr.
Buckley, and Others. For full details send
for Prof. LIS prospectus, at 237 Fifth Ave
nue. New York. From it the System is
taught by correspondence quite as well
as by personal instruction Colleges
near New York have secured his lectures.
He has had 100 Columbia Law students TWO
Glasses of 20G each at Yale, 300 at Meriden,
$50 at Norwich, 400 at Wellesley College,
and 400 at University of Penn. We cannot
conceive how system could receive any
higher endorsement.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-10-08
Itching Piles.

ymptoms-Moisture; intense itching and
singing; most at night; worseby scratching.
If allowed to continue tumors form, which
often bleed and ulccrate becoming very
sore. Swayne's Ointment stops the itching
and bleeding, heals liberation, and in many
cases removes the tumors. 1t is equally
etiicacious in curing all Skin Diseases DR..
Swayne d Son, Proprietors, Philadelphia
Swayne's Ointment can be obtained OF
druggists or by mail
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-10-08
EnII..I Ernas.rn

One cup of water, one pound of pulver-
lied sugar. and the whites of tour eggs.
boil the sugar and water until it becomes a
thick syrup; beat the EGGS to stiff roth
and stir them slowly into the syrup while
hot his is very nice nut between LAYERS
OF cake and over the top. Flavor with
lemon or vanilla.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-10-08
$500 Reward

is offered, in good faith, by the manufactur-
ers of DR.. Sages Catarrh Remedy for a case
of catarrh which they cannot cure. 1t is
mild, soothing and healing in its effects,
and cures cold in the bead" catarrhal
deafness, throat ailments and many other
complications of this distressing disease.
80 cents, by druggists.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-10-08

The only serious drawback in the way of
growing currants is the ravages of
the currant worm. White helIebore
will destroy them, however. To be effect
ual, and to save the bushes, it must be
used as soon as the worms appear. The
life of the bushes is endangered if the
worms are allowed to strip them of their
leaves. The best method of applying it is
In the form OF the dry powder, with a bel
lows, or some suitable continuance for
busting the leaves with the powder. When
the dew is on it is the proper time. If a
rain occurs soon after, it may be necessary
to make second application. Care
should be taken not to breathe the powder
freely as it causes violent sneezing.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-10-08
THE ORCHARD.
Premature Fruiting Of Crap Ytnes

Premature Fruiti,aJ Of Crap pt,ieS.
A vigorous layered grape vine will the
first year after planting put forth blossoms,
but il will be great mistake to allow even
these buds to expand to the point of bloom
ing. Cut them off as soon as seen and d.
vert all the energy of the plant to the
growth of wood. Even the second year it is
not the best to let the vine bear more than
a specimen bunch. An over-fruited young
vine has its vitality weakened, and is less
able to Withstand the attacks of mildew
and other diseases.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-10-08

Boss SHEPHERD, who was driven from
Washington IN disgrace few years ago
and recently returned in triumph, is
now engaged III organizing syndicate
to work some sixty square miles of min
eral lands, that he controls down in the
Baptipolas region of Me xico. 1t is go
ing to take some 100000 600 to carry out
the scheme
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-10-08
TROUT in Hens.

a Come cticut farmer writes the Rural
Nelc Yorker; l keep 100 hens. / find
that thoroughbred hens will lay more eggs
than crossbreds, though they will not grow
any faster Most poultry ailments are due
TO filth in their food and drink. Soft food
will always get more or less dirt in it. as
the fowls are sure to track through it.
The same food fed dry will never get in
such a condition. l always feed my grain
dry. In January l fed 100 pounds of
wheat, Sl.75; bushels of corn, S5.12; 2
bushels of potatoes, so cents, and so pounds
of waste bones, % cents. These l got at
market and pounded them up with % cents
worth of shells. Total cost of feed, S7.97.
| got 3Oa dozens eggs, which sold at 36
cents per dozen, or Sl0.9S in all. call
the manure good pay for my time, so that
there was a clear profit of S3.0l for that
month. In February | fed 200 pounds
of wheat, $3.50; bushels of corn, S2.56;
bone, 30 cents; shells, 40 cents; bushels
of potatoes, 60 cents, and l bushel of
buckwheat, so cents. Yield " dozen eggs
at Is cents per doZen-S20.16, leaving
clear profit of SI2 for that short month.
The March feed was l bushel of oats, 40
cents; 100 pounds cracked corn, S1.15; 200
pounds of wheat, $3.50; busheI of buck
wheat, 50 cents; bushels of corn, Sl.2S;
so pounds of bones, 80 cents; shells, 40
cents. Yield S6I dozen of eggs at % cents
per doZen-S19.03, leaving net profit of
Sl1.l5. Thus in the first three months of
the year during which many focks "are
eating their heads off" my 100 hens made
net profit of S26.l6
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-10-08
range Pie.

Take the juice and grated rind of one
orange; one small cup of sugar; yoIks of
three eggs; one tablespoon of corn starch,
make smooth with milk; piece of butter as
large as chestnut, and one cup of milk.
Beat the whites of three eggs with sugar
and place On the top after the pie is baked,
leaving In the oven until Drowned
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-10-08
Z rttsltO 4 &c.

This makes five pies. Bake without a
top crust. Oae cup molasses and one cup
warm water. one teaspoenful soda, one
teaspoopfGl cinnamon, mix and put in pie
plates. Then take four cups flour, one
and one-half cups sugar, and one cur
lard Crumb it together and put on tor
and bake
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-10-08
If Sufferers from Consnmpt,on

Scrofua, Bronchitis, and General Debility
will try SooTT's EMULSION of Cod Liver OH
with Hypophosphites, they will find imme-
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Medical Profession universally declare it "a
remedy OF the greatest value and very pal
atable. Read: ." have used SCOTS Emul-
sion in several cases of ScrofuIa and Debility
in Children. Results most gratifying. Ny
little patients take it with pleasure w
A. HULBERT, NJ. d., Salisbury, Ill.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-10-08
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